Battlefields had become the fixed
distance ring between their heartbeats,
(family?)
Worn from the long journey back,
I traversed pain's execution
once more.
"Walk a little straighter, daddy,"
as I stitched one more grin for her,
torment.
I could not be overjoyed at
the beaten state of welcoming,
pressure.
Sugar and spice, spring chicken,
Meredith was tickled pink to
serve me.
An open letter wailing near
the river's bend, I was never
too old .
"Dismiss who you used to be "
Was I already there, inside
heaven?
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Written 8/02/13 @ 8:37 AM
Baby Rainbow's challenge from these random prompts:
Spring chicken
walk a little straighter daddy
distance ring
execution
heartbeat(s)
the long journey back
sugar and spice
tickled pink
an open letter
who you used to be
*walk a little straighter daddy must be in the 3rd line*
*who you used to be must be used in the last line*
poem must be synchronicity form*
"Synchronicity" (The state or fact of being synchronous or simultaneous; synchronism. Coincidence of events that seem to be meaningfully related.). This form consists of eight three-line stanzas in a syllable pattern of 8/8/2. This poetry type has no rhyme and is written in the first person with a twist. The twist is to be revealed within the last two stanzas. Created by Debra Gundy. (From shadowpoetry.com)
Probably the hardest challenge! Was impossible (to my knowledge) to have the "walk a little straighter daddy" in the third line since this form has the third line as being only two syllables... so I put it in the fourth. Same with "who you used to be". Also know "family" can be pronounced as having 2 or 3 syllables according to some dictionaries.
